GIVING THEM SOMETHING TO DO.
One way to enlist the interest of a class of active boys is to organize the class, giving every member a position in the organization, which may be merely nominal. A secretary could be appointed for looking after the records of the class. Another could be made librarian, whose duty should be to receive the Sunday-school library books belonging to the class, and to distribute the hymn-books and other material which is used by the pupils, while a treasurer could receive the offerings, and a historian could take care of the events of interest in the class history. A committee on visitation of absent members of the class would be a good thing toward drawing in the young fellows who are absent every other Sunday; and a lookout committee, including every member of the class, could be appointed to look after the children moving into the neighborhoods represented in the class. These duties would help to use up the extra activity of the boys, and would help even an ordinary teacher to secure better attention in the lesson-study hour.—Sunday School Times.